Director Ron Howard
Starring Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Warwick Davis
Rated PG
Score 5/6

A young farmer is chosen to undertake a perilous journey in order to protect a special baby from an evil queen.

I’ve been meaning to take a look at Willow for at least a month and when I heard that a Willow Series is coming to Disney+ I knew I had to. I can’t help but wonder if the new series is going to be based on the Chris Claremont series of books released between 1995 to 2000.  I thought I better get my act together and watch the movie. Now, considering this was first released back in 1988 there are some visual effects used for the movie might look a little dated such as the effects used for the brownie due Rool and Franjean might look a little dated by modern standards though it should be noted the effects are not so bad that they spoil the movie watching experience. The story is fun with actual likeable characters who have an actual character arc. In recent years there has been more then a few movies where I have found myself cheering for the villains in the finale. I loved the plot of Willow, its easy to get invested in, while the main character Willow is somebody who everybody can identify with (there are times when everyone has needed a little more self-confidence or know somebody who has ever said the words ‘We are not going to get ….’ Only to be overruled by the rest of the family). Also, how Willow and his family found the baby Elora Danan did come across almost like how Moses was found in the river. Something that was pointed to me while I watched the movie. This is another movie that should be added to the list of, I should have watched this while using my digital projector. Come to think of it most fantasy movies fall into the category of needing to be watched on a screen that is as large as possible.
Slight spoilers (though in my defence Willow was first released over thirty years ago) when I first watched it when I was younger the scene where the rebel army all get turned into pigs was probably one of the more terrifying scenes of the movie, that being said I loved the look of betrayal on Sorsha’s (who was portrayed by Joanne Whalley) face. I loved Kevin Pollak and Rick Overton as Rool and Franjean I thought they were hilarious.